The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Lake Forest, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Lake Forest, Illinois.
Arts
Andrew Bird, singer-songwriter Sarah Brackett, actressChicago Tribune dated May 19, 1938 Peach Carr, fashion designer; contestant on season 8 of Project Runway Wallace Leroy DeWolf, etcher, painter, art collector, and businessman Sylvia Shaw Judson, sculptor and teacher; winner of the Logan Prize in 1929 for her sculpture Little Gardener Lisel Mueller, poet; winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for poetry Rene Romero Schuler, fine arts painter
Architecture
Edward H. Bennett, architect and city planner Howard Van Doren Shaw, architect; lived in Ragdale
Business
Andrew Watson Armour III, meatpacking magnate J. Ogden Armour, meatpacking magnate (Armour and Company) Albert Blake Dick, founder of A.B. Dick Company; licensed autographic printing patents from Thomas Edison; mayor of Lake Forest (1928–1931) Grace Durand, businesswoman and owner of Crab Tree Dairy FarmKate V. Saint Maur, "Mrs. Scott Durand – Milk Woman" Pearson's Magazine 24 (November 1910): 634. Charles B. and John V. Farwell, builders of the Texas State capitol building and founders of the XIT Ranch Marshall Field, owner of Marshall Field's (now Macy's) Albert Lasker, businessman who played a major role in shaping modern advertising Marcus Lemonis, Chairman & CEO Camping World, host of The Profit Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor; founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became International Harvester Peter W. Smith, investment banker Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein, business people, founders of Uline, conservative donor, and heir Percy Wood, United Airlines executive notably injured in his Lake Forest home by a bomb sent from Ted Kaczynski
Media and writing
Acting
Kipleigh Brown, actress Kristin Cavallari, actress Kyle Chandler, actor Jay Chandrasekhar, actor, director Charlie Finn, actor Jean Harlow, actress Lauren Holly, actress John Mahoney, actor Mr. T, actor, wrestler Joan Taylor, actress Vince Vaughn, actor Richard Widmark, actor Robin Williams, actor, comedian Kathryn Joosten, actress
Directing and production
James T. Aubrey, Jr., television and film executive John Hughes, writer, director, producer Alex Timbers, theater writer and director
Journalism
Mary Maher, journalist, trade unionist and feminist Bill Schulz, journalist (Fox News) Sam Weller, author and journalist
Music
Bix Beiderbecke, jazz cornet player and pianist Andrew Bird, musician and songwriter Mat Devine, lead singer of Chicago-based alternative rock band Kill Hannah
Writing
Lacy Crawford, writer Dave Eggers, writer Beth Ann Fennelly, writer Jen Lancaster, writer Rebecca Makkai, writer Arthur Meeker Jr., novelist
Politics and law
Joseph E. Anderson (1873−1937), Illinois state legislator and most recent Prohibitionist member of the Illinois General Assembly. David N. Barkhausen, Illinois state legislator and politician Mary Beattie, Illinois state legislator Edward J. Brundage, Illinois Attorney General Fredrik Herman Gade, mayor of Lake Forest; diplomat from Norway Charles B. Farwell, United States Senator from Illinois (1887–1891) and member of the United States House of Representatives (1871–1876, 1881–1883), cofounder of the Onwentsia Club, owner of XIT Ranch Susan Garrett, Illinois Senate state senator representing the 29th District Noble Brandon Judah, United States Ambassador to Cuba (1927–1929) Robert P. Lamont, United States Secretary of Commerce (1929–1932) William Mather Lewis, mayor of Lake Forest (1915–1917); president of George Washington and Lafayette Universities Thomas J. Moran, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court William Proxmire, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois Comptroller and Illinois State Treasurer Pete Wilson, 36th governor of California (1991–1999); United States senator (1983–1991); 29th mayor of San Diego (1971–1983) Corrine Wood, 44th lieutenant governor of Illinois
Sciences
Pamela Darling, library preservation specialist Tung Jeong, professor and international leader in the field of holography Jim Lovell, astronaut on Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13; author of Lost Moon Karl Patterson Schmidt, herpetologist
Socialites and modeling
Margaret "Peg" Carry, socialite; daughter of Pullman Company president Edward F. Carry; friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor, socialite, sportswoman, bookbinder, suffragist, cofounder of Onwentsia Club Ginevra King, socialite; inspiration for many female characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's work, including Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby Edith Rockefeller McCormick, socialite Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich, descendant of the Russian Imperial dynasty the House of Romanov McKey Sullivan, fashion model and winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11
Sports
Baseball
Mickey Cochrane, catcher for Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers in Baseball Hall of Fame Caleb Durbin, 3rd baseman for the Boston Red Sox Joe Girardi, catcher for the Chicago Cubs, manager of the New York Yankees, broadcaster Mabel Holle (1920–2011), third basewoman and outfielder in All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Scott Sanderson, All-Star pitcher for eight MLB teams Steve Stanicek, designated hitter for Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies
Basketball
Bill Cartwright, center and coach for the Chicago Bulls Kevin Edwards, shooting guard for the Miami Heat and New Jersey Netsref></ref> Steve Kerr, point guard for the Chicago Bulls, broadcaster, Golden State Warriors head coach Scottie Pippen, forward for the Chicago Bulls
Driving
Carl Haas, auto racing impresario Horst Kwech, champion Trans Am Series driver and race car constructor Steve Seligman, stock car racer
Football
Drew Butler (born 1989 in Lake Forest), punter for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arizona Cardinals Gabe Carimi (born 1988 in Lake Forest), offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jim Covert, offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears Jay Cutler (born 1983), quarterback for the Chicago Bears Bobby Douglass, quarterback for the Chicago Bears Justin Fields, former quarterback for the Chicago Bears George Halas, head coach of the Chicago Bears Ben Johnson, head coach for the Chicago Bears Cade McNown, quarterback for the Chicago Bears Robert Quinn, linebacker for the Chicago Bears Lovie Smith, head coach for the Chicago Bears Tom Waddle, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears Kevin Walter, former NFL wide receiver Caleb Williams (born 2001), quarterback for the Chicago Bears James O. Williams,"Big Cat", tackle for Chicago Bears and offensive lineman coach for Lake Forest High School
Golf
Chip Beck, PGA Tour golfer Edith Cummings, golfer; 1924 US Women's Amateur Champion
Gymnastics
Nicole Sladkov, Olympic rhythmic gymnast
Hockey
Keith Magnuson, defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks, team captain
Swimming
Matt Grevers, Olympic swimmer; silver medalist (2008), gold medalist (2012)
Sports journalism
Sarah Spain, radio host and sports reporter, ESPN Tim Weigel, sports anchor and reporter
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